An Account of My Life
My friend, Wendell, asked me to give an account of the last 30 years of my life. We’ve been out of touch just about that long, can you believe it? How time has flown – and yet, time was well-invested! He found my page on Facebook.com, and contacted me just two weeks ago…* Such a tall order, though! How can I recount 30 years? I’ll give it a shot, anyway: 1978: I married my husband, the man I’d prayed about for years before. I had asked God to “save my future husband”, if he didn’t know God’s love yet – and that’s what happened! He was an apprentice saw-filer, and I, a cook, janitor, care-giver, etc.! 1979: Our first son, the “sprinter”, was born 1980: Our second son, the “football player”, was born 1983: Our third son, our “joy boy”, was born 1989: Our daughter, the “only begotten” girl, was born 1990: Because of the magnanimous rent increases we were suffering, we jumped on an opportunity to live almost rent-free on a rural property in a 2-bed. mobile home. When our t